Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare

"Shakespeare's Sonnets" by William Shakespeare is a collection of poems published in 1609. The work includes 154 sonnets, with sonnets 127-152 addressing a mysterious figure known as the Dark Lady, described as having black wiry hair and dark skin. These poems contrast sharply with earlier sonnets through their overtly sexual nature. The Dark Lady's true identity remains one of literature's enduring mysteries, with scholars debating whether she was a real person or purely Shakespeare's artistic invention. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title Shakespeare's Sonnets
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Lady_(Shakespeare)
Credits the Project Gutenberg Shakespeare Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject English poetry
Subject Sonnets, English
Category Text
EBook-No. 1041
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Mar 10, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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